St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-01-27
COUNTY TEMPERANCE MEETING
Commissioner MorriIIs Ieport.--Offieers
Elected, etc.

Commissioner MorriII's Report.--Omeers
Elected, etc.
The 5lst annual meeting of the Cal
edonia County Young Mems Temper
ance association was held in Good
Templar's hall Saturday. President
w. L. Pearl presided. There was a
small attendance and but three or four
towns represented.
Josiah Ward, reporting for the north
ern portion of st. Johnsbury, thought
matters favorable in that quarter.
Little open drinking though some was
taken on the sly. Foster G.. Stevens
thought the present liquor agent in st.
Johnsbury did less business than his
predecessor bnt that drinking in gem
eral was increasing. A. j. Willard
thought good deal of liquor was
brought in by outsiders. No place
wlseic liquor was openly sold was
known. w. V. McLachlin of Peacham
thought progress was being made there
particularly in the matter of staying
the hard cider curse. Two families
had been ruined by hard cider drinkers
recently and people were opening their
eyes. j. Darling of Sutton reported
favorably for that section. A. l.. Aid
rich reported progress in Burke, where
the Good Templar's lodge was special
ly active, so much so that the hotel
owner, David Trull, claimed that their
work had materially injured his hotel
for letting purposes on account of liq-
uOr prosecutions. j. P. Otis followed
remarking that he knew nothing of
past years work but before that the
Burke agent kept nothing but rum
hole. Mr.. Hazelton reported encourage
ingly for Barnet.
G.. l.. Morrill,, county commissioner,
rendered his report substantially 40
follows: Liquor has been sold in Z
towns in the county instead of as
the preceding year. The commissioner
believes it would be for the interest of
the temperance cause to have but one
agency in the county. At the request
of friends of temperance a change was
made during the year in the agencies
at HaIdwick, WheelOck and Lyndon
and an agent had been appointed in
Burke where there was none last year.
So far as known the agents have been
faithful. But one instance is known
where man got intoxicated on liquor
bought of an agent and in that case the
man was prosecuted and fined. No
have been made to the
that any agent has abs
ed his licence save i'm one or two in
stances. Friends of temperance might
render valuable aid to both commits
sioner and agent by informing them of
any persons getting liquor for unlawful
purposes.
The report showed the following
sales during the past year: Burke, e
MOI IO3 gallons, $4O5, "a; Danville,
1873 gallons, $545.81 Hardwick, 90 gal,
$42I.4S; Lyndon, 2O9 gall, 1857. so
Peacham, SO gal, 1881 81 St. Johns
bury, 435 gal, $I795.72 Wheelock,
IA gal, $595.3O. Total, 1912 gal, $5O6l
The preceding year, in six towns, the
sales were 1868 gallons and receipts
So, 232 while in 1880, Mr.. Morrill, stat
ed that the sales were 1874 gallons and
receipts 5,530. This shows decrease
of sales through the county agencies.
These officers were elected for the
ensuing year President, A. L. Aldrich,
Burke secretary and treasurer, Foster
G.. Stevens, st. Johnsbury executive
Rev. G. S. Perkins, Josiah
Ward. Rev. H. P. Cushing; vice pres
idents: Barnet, l.. d. Hazelton.-
Burke, l.. d. Shurtleff.-Danville G..
R. Drew.-GrOtOn, F. M. Page
Hardwick, H. r. Mack. Kirby, John
STANDARDIZATION, w. P. Houghton.-
Newark, Wesley Kilby.-Peacham, w.
V. McLachlin.-Ryegate, H. Dunn
st. Johnsbury, S. H. Bracket, L. Che
ney, j. Sheffield, B. Ingalls,
Sutton, John Darlng.-Stannard, j.
H. Clarke.-WaterfOrd, Chas. Ross
Walden, C. j. Wheelock, Rev.
NJ. Russell.
The convention voted to recOmm end
c.. l.. Morrill, as candidate for COM
missioner.
The following resolutions were pre-
scented and adopted after some discus
sion:
Whereas the laws of Vermont pro-
hibiting the sale of liquor are in add
vance of public opinion. Therefore,
Resolved: That it becomes the duty
of every citizen and friend of temper
ance to at once take a stand to uphold
and sustain the law giving to it NOR
al force and power that the rumseller
dare not resist.
Resolved That it is the duty of ev-
cry lover of his country and of human
ity to unite at once in the grand tenn
perance movement to put down the
liquor saloon by legal measures back
ed by a moral power that will crush
the saloons from the land.
Resolved: That we believe that tenn
perance principles should be implant-
ed in early life and therefore we heart
lily approve of the law passed ut the
last session of the legislature, pro vid-
ing for temperance instruction in our
common schools.
Resolved: That this society is in
hearty accord with the various other
town organizations of the county and
invite their cooperation in every eff
fort to promote the interest of the
cause among us.
Resolved: That, recognizing the
fact that our cause ia and ia tn he conn